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Is this where we get into the "My martial arts school is better than yours" argument? Then you tell me about some sensei who teaches an obscure form of Dodo-Kan karate or Lithuanian Nose Boxing who once kicked Bruce Lee's butt in a no-holds-barred match behind the Tulsa bus station. Right?

If it is meaningless to win a martial arts contest, how much less meaning would it have to win this argument?

My martial arts school is better than yours..

Don't really have a "My" martial arts school- got a yellow belt in five different styles, any one of which I can use to get my ass kicked in five seconds.

I dunno- guess I was being a smart ass with the whole "got their humble asses kicked" bit- my apologies.

I'm just very, very suspicious of the whole "I will never use my art in anything as banal as competition- but if I had to fight, I would fight like a mighty drunken monkey pecked by a crane while scuttling away from a tigerish crouching dragon."

I suspect the most important thing is the person using the art, and his/her determination to prevail.

and just for you information smart guy, MY sensei does not teach anything as archaic and ineffectual as Lithuanian Nose Boxing- WE study Latvian Butt Cheek Boxing. Taunt me at your peril.